The Ominous Split of NBA
A report that a group of lawyers from the northern part of Nigeria have formed a parallel body known as New Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) portends a sad development in the evolution …
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A report that a group of lawyers from the northern part of Nigeria have formed a parallel body known as New Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) portends a sad development in the evolution …
The Ominous Split of NBA Read MoreThe latest revelation by the Governor of Borno state, Professor Babagana Zulum, that Boko Haram insurgents are now recruiting children in the state is a cause for concern that …
Zulum’s alarm on Boko Haram Child soldiers Read MoreLast Wednesday morning, a tanker loaded with premium motor spirit (PMS) descending from the Okene end of the Felele settlement on the outskirts of Lokoja collided with other vehicles before …
Felele as a killing field Read MoreThe declaration of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Godwin Obaseki, as the winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state by the Independent National Electoral Commission …
Edo gov election: A post-mortem Read MoreThe recent statement credited to former President Olusegun Obasanjo to the effect that Nigeria is fast drifting into a ‘failed and badly divided state’ under President Muhammadu Buhari is, to …
Obasanjo’s failed state Read MoreRecent report to the effect that the immediate past Ambassador of Norway to Nigeria, Jens-Petter Kjemprud, had listed the organisation of two donor conferences that raised $1bn for the development …
The $1bn aid of Norway to North East Read MoreThe go ahead granted to Nigeria by a London court to appeal a $9bn judgment debt against Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) is indeed a welcome relief. The judgement is a welcome …
Nigeria’s victory in $9bn P&ID case Read MoreThe alarm raised recently by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) bordering on the fact that there are Boko Haram terrorist camps in and around the Federal Capital Territory, asking its …
The Boko Haram scare in Abuja Read MoreRecently, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, issued a well-worn order banning indiscriminate use of sirens on Nigerian roads/highways. The order has been frequently issued but obeyed in …
Endless ban on illegal use of sirens Read MoreLast week’s report to the effect that the Council of State has approved the establishment of a National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons is indeed …
Arms control centre, a necessity Read MoreThe report released recently by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that the total value of inflow of foreign capital into the Nigerian economy in the second quarter of this …
The declining capital inflow into Nigeria Read MoreThe report released recently by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) that the total value of inflow of foreign capital into the Nigerian economy in the second quarter of this …
The slump in capital inflow Read MoreMedia reports that the federal government is set to inject over N600 billion as a stimulus response into the agriculture sector is a welcome development. It is, indeed, an inevitable …
The N600bn agriculture stimulus package Read MoreRecent report to the effect that about 1251 teachers without requisite teaching qualification may be shown the way out of their job in Nasarawa state is no doubt a mixed …
Nasarawa govt’s plan to sack 1,250 teachers Read MoreThe rejection of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 recently assented to by President Muhammadu Buhari by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) seemingly flows from certain misconceptions and/or apprehension …
CAN’s rejection of amended CAMA Read MoreReport that the Africa Regional Certification Commission has declared Nigeria and the rest of Africa polio-free is quite cheering. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), this marks the eradication of …
Leverage on the polio-free status Read MoreEighteen months after signing into law the bill prohibiting discrimination against people living with disabilities, President Muhammadu Buhari recently established the long-awaited National Disability Commission with a full complement of …
The creation of Disability Commission commendable Read MoreThe recent charge by former President Olusegun Obasanjo to African youths to phase out the old generation of leaders in the continent is not only apt and timely but has …
Obasanjo’s charge to the youth Read MoreThe Consumer Price Index (CPI) report released last week by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) stating that Nigeria’s inflation rate rose by 12.82% (year-on-year) in July, the highest rate …
Stem the rising inflation Read MoreA statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hajia Zainab Ahmed, to the effect that the federal government is committed to diversifying from the oil economy …
Diversify the economy now Read MoreThe report released last week by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to the effect that there was a 43 per cent drop in cases of willful damage of its …
Good tidings from NNPC Read MoreRecent media report that Air Peace, Nigeria’s largest domestic airline, has laid off over 1,000 workers, out of which 150 pilots and engineers were affected, is worrisome. The dire situation …
Release the N27bn bailout to airlines Read MoreThe rising insecurity across the country, which has seemingly defied all strategies adopted to stem it is, no doubt, gaining new dimensions and twists by the day following revelations by …
The worrisome allegations on Boko Haram Read MoreTo say that Nigerians have been tormented by flood disasters every year is stating the obvious. The havocs got to their peak in 2012 when all the major rivers across …
Curbing perennial flood disasters Read MoreThe recent statement by the President, Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Comrade Ibrahim Khalil, attributing the increase in poverty among the average Nigerians to lack of absolute autonomy …
NULGE’s panacea for poverty Read More